Species Lepidotrigla spinosa Gomon, 1987
Shortfin Gurnard, Southern Shortfin Gurnard
- Lepidotrigla spinosa Gomon, M.F. 1987. New Australian Fishes. Part 6. New species of Lepidotrigla (Triglidae), Choerodon (Labridae) and Zebrias (Soleidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48(1): 17-23 fig. 1 [18].
Type data:
Holotype NMV A3728, Albany, WA, 38-45m [35°00´S, 117°52´E].
Paratype(s) NMV A2860, South of Head-of-Bight, SA, 62m [32°15.4'S, 131°22'E]; NMV A2877, SA, 60m [32°13'S, 131°22.2'E]; NMV A2893, South of Head-of-Bight, SA, 60-61m [32°16.3'S, 131°23.6'E]; NMV A3730 (3), Albany, WA, 38-45m [35°00'S, 117°52'E]; SAMA A791 (5), Western end of Great Australian Bight, WA, 54m [32°42'S, 125°48'E]; SAMA A101, Anxious Bay, SA [33°28'S, 134°48'E]; SAMA A1121 (4), 15.4-18.8km (10.5-8.6miles) off Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island [35°25'S, 137°35'E].
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
From Kangaroo Island, SA (137º35´E) to west of Montebello Islands, WA (20°25`S, 113°35'E); temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
30-129m
General References
Gomon, M.F. 1994. Family Triglidae. pp. 494-505 figs 442-450 in Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [500]
Gomon, M.F. & Last, P.R. 2008. Family Triglidae. pp. 508-514 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [512]
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [28]
Paxton, J.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J., Gomon, M.F. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Triglidae. pp. 921-930 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [926]
Richards, W.J. 1992. Comments on the genus Lepidotrigla (Pisces: Triglidae) with descriptions of two new species from the Indian and Pacific oceans. Bulletin of Marine Science 51(1): 45-65 [63]
Common Name References
Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [500] (Southern Shortfin Gurnard)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Shortfin Gurnard)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-May-2015 | SCORPAENIFORMES | 17-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
27-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |